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    The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It provides the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms using the verb "to be" in the past tense plus the verb in the "-ing" form. Examples are given for each person (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they). Questions words like what, who, where, when, why are presented along with sample questions and answers in the past continuous tense. Rules for forming verbs in the "-ing" form address dropping letters, doubling consonants, and changing letter combinations.

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    The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It provides the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms using the verb "to be" in the past tense plus the verb in the "-ing" form. Examples are given for each person (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they). Questions words like what, who, where, when, why are presented along with sample questions and answers in the past continuous tense. Rules for forming verbs in the "-ing" form address dropping letters, doubling consonants, and changing letter combinations.

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    The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It provides the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms using the verb "to be" in the past tense plus the verb in the "-ing" form. Examples are given for each person (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they). Questions words like what, who, where, when, why are presented along with sample questions and answers in the past continuous tense. Rules for forming verbs in the "-ing" form address dropping letters, doubling consonants, and changing letter combinations.

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    PAST CONTINUOUS

    The Past Continuous Tense is formed by the verb To Be in the past + a verb in the ING form:

    AFFIRMATIVE FORM

    NEGATIVE FORM

    INTERROGATIVE FORM

    SHORT ANSWER

    I was woking

    I wasnt working

    Was I working?

    Yes, I was.
    No, I wasnt.

    You were working

    You werent working

    Were you working?

    Yes, I was.
    No, I wasnt.

    He was working

    He wasnt working

    Was he working?

    Yes, he was.
    No, he wasnt.

    She was working

    She wasnt working

    Was she working?

    Yes, she was.


    No, she wasnt.

    It was working

    It wasnt working

    Was it working?

    Yes, it was.
    No, it wasnt.

    We were working

    We werent working

    Were we working?

    Yes, we were.
    No, we werent.

    You were working

    You werent working

    Were you working?

    Yes, we were.
    No, we werent.

    They were working

    They werent working

    Were they working?

    Yes, they were.


    No, they werent.

    What o que, qual

    Who quem

    Where onde

    What time que horas

    When quando

    Why por que

    What were you doing yesterday?

    I was playing volleyball.

    Where were you playing volleyball?

    I was playing volleyball at the club.

    When were you playing volleyball?

    I was playing volleyball in the afternoon.

    Who were you playing volleyball with?

    I was playing volleyball with my friends.

    What time were you and your friends We were playing volleyball at 4 p.m.

    playing volleyball?
    Why were you playing volleyball?

    We were playing volleyball because well


    have a competition next Saturday.

    ING RULES

    1) Verbs ending in E- drop the E and add ING:

    take taking

    write writing

    make making

    live living

    organize organizing

    give giving

    2) Verbs ended in CVC (consonant + vowel + consonant), double the last consonant and
    add ING:

    get getting

    stop stopping

    run running

    jog jogging

    set setting
    3)
    4) Verbs ended in IE, change the IE by Y and add ING:

    lie lying

    die dying

    5) Other verbs, add ING.

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